Another Money Scam Alert

Last updated on July 5th, 2024 at 01:01 pm

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So as I’ve been sharing lately I’ve been coming across a few scam emails. Many of them are spam (obviously) but some may end up in your inbox none the less. I posted another version of this scam yesterday. Well, today I have come across a similar scam.

This is somewhat similar to a scam I posted about a few weeks back. You can watch the video below

The Email

This scam is very much like the I one I share in the video. They list an international baking institution when mentioning the money that needs to be claimed.

There are a few things that got me but I’ll add those in a moment. Here’s the email screenshot

email full text

Dear friend!!!,

My name is Mr. MARTINS AWELE.I work in the credit and accounts department of STANDARD BANK PLC. I write you in respect of a foreign customer with Domicilliary A/C number 6402356789. His name is Engineer Dr. Mohamed Galaln. He was among those who died in an Egypt Air plane crash some time ago.

Since the demise of this our customer, Engineer Mohamed Galal, who was an oil merchant/contractor, I have kept a close watch of the deposit records and accounts and since then no body has come to claim the money in this a/c as next of kin to the late Engineer. He had only $4.5mllion in his a/c and the a/c is coded. It is only an insider that could produce the code or password of the deposit particulars. As it stands now, there is nobody in that position to produce the needed information other than my very self considering my position in the bank.

Based on the reason that nobody has come forward to claim the deposit as next of kin, I hereby ask for your co operation in using your name as the next of kin to the deceased to send these funds out to a foreign offshore bank a/c for mutual sharing between myself and you. At this point I am the only one with the information because I have removed the deposit file from the safe . By so doing, what is required of you is to send an aplication laying claims of the deposit as next of kin to the late Engineer. I will need your full name and address telephone/fax number,company or residential. So that i can computerize them totally with next of kin column in the certificate of deposit.

Finally i want you to understand that the request for a foreigner as the next of kin is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and for that reason alone a local cannot represent as next of kin. When you contact me, then we shall discuss on how the money will be split between us. please kindly reply TO THIS EMAIL ADDRES ( asbank27@aim.com ) Trusting to hear from you,

I remain Respectfully yours,

Mr MARTINS AWELE

Here’s the thing

What gets me about these types of emails is that they always seem to be from overseas or have that type of element. I highly doubt someone is going to say oh yes let me claim this stranger’s millions just because I can.

You can also find the errors in the spelling such as the s missing on ADRESS. I also find it odd that they use an Aim account. I had to do some digging but I found out that Aim was shut down back in 2017.

I guess it was part of an AOL account feature. I never had AOL so I’m not fully familiar with it.

Now the bank that’s listed in the email STANDARD BANK PLC seems to be a real financial institution. They have locations in many countries. One seems to be in Africa. Other offices are listed in the UK and one here in the US.

You’d think if this was legit they would use a business email not an aim account. So these things should set off red flags. Along with the unsolicited email to begin with.

What’s the point?

The point is that these scams tend to reach far and wide. They hope by inticing someone with the possibility of becoming a millionaire you might send off your info.

As Always

As always don’t reply back to these types of emails. If it’s starting to be from a bank your familiar with or a customer of alert them. Besides that delete the email and better yet don’t open it if you don’t need to.

Hope this info was helpful.